Subsidence hazard from limestone mining in an urban setting

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 497-505

  Hasan, Syed E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Limestone Mining; Subsidence; Urban Hazard

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; KARST; LIMESTONE; MINE ABANDONMENT; MINING IMPACT; SUBSIDENCE; URBAN AREA;

USA, MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY;

EID: 0030434953     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.ii.4.497     Document Type: Article

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